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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-02-06
The Mine Mule.


One of the most am sing ami AT III.
sam" iim' most pitifni sights Ia be sen
about the coal mines, says n cprreSpunb-
ent Wi ing from Mani coke, l. the de-
scent Of "a mule to thed.pths below.
The shaft Is, say, 6U0 feet deep. ami
yawns at ones feet ike n spot OF lnk on
the ground. A Car. low e and raised
by "a perpendicular wire cable, shoots
up snd down with breathle,s velocity.
On he car II fastened a narrow stall.
with iron bars. which can be fastened
across the entrance.
BY various methods the unfortunate
mule is brought a far a. the mouth of
the shaft, but when he sees the car hs
knows what Il means. That mule fully
realizes that II he walks aboard he will
never see daylight again, and will have
TO work in the dark as only a mine mule
must.
30 he kicks. Argument is useless.
persuasion falls on deaf ears. He kicks
with a yigor and precision that means
business. His heels are a artery that
would terriiy even the fatilistic yslor
Of the Nahdi.
But a long beam IL brought and one
NiA pun b-hlhsh "a VI hh' hptllhI5 NJ
the side Of the shaft. Al the other end
Tour men ush. bringing the beam like a
lever against the mules Hanks. Now
the beasts backbone curves until his
head is ext his Ia |, and his four feet,
planted firmly together, seem riveted TO
the ground.
The beam Is a decided failure, though
two men are. at the same time. Juggling
ats halter.
But there is another Even
mule resistance can be overcome by
steam power.
A rope IL fastened around the mules
neck and looped around those vicious
hind legs. Then q steam w.ndlass 5
slowly turned and the unlucky beast is
dragged on the car. The iron barr are
put up. a bell rings. and the car drops
downward, while q last melancholy bray
floats up from the black hole.
Their IL one mule under Wilkesbarre,
that has spent twenty-one years oil useful,
life hauling coal In the dark. The
miners are Iroud Of him, and he has
twice been holsted 10 the surface 10 walk
proudly Ia the miners parades.
Mules do not, as has been often said,
go blind In the mines, but when they are
brought out q bandage must be tied over
their eyes for several days.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-02-06
eurrestiys Spanish Legend.

There Is O Spanish legend which tells
how Ferdinand III, having spread his
wings and gone 10 heaven. was welcomed
there Is q saint-an agreeable surprise
and was asked by the Virgin what he
would like best for his country.
"0il. wine, garlic. and corn" promptly
responded Ferdinand.
livery well" said the Virgin; "whAt
else would you likeY"
Handsome women, valiant men, and
good mules" said Ferdinand modestly.
"with pleasure. Nothing elsef"
"0h! yes bright skies, bulls, relies,
and olgaritos."
snow, is there nothing else you can
think Off"
why. yes" observed Ferdinand,
struck with a brilliant after-thought,
"a good 20 ernment."
The Virgin shook her head. "Never,"
she answered for were IL granted to
Spain. NJ angel would any longer remain
with Us In heaven"
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-02-06
Income Of Queen Victoria

Queen Wet ria has a great financial
advantage over her heir apparent In the
circumstances that, wheth r times are
good or bad, her Majesty's snug little
revenue OF over E7,OOO q week Is paid
Just the same. while IL is well known
that the Prince has for years past been
Obliged 70 make heavy Attachments In his
ouchy OF Cornwall property not so
much, perhaps, in the ducby proper as In
its outlying estates In other counties.
HIS allowance from Parliament OF
f4o,oo0 year Is just what the Queen re-
ceivs from her duchy OF Lancaster AZ
a little extra pocket money, in addition
TO her El,oOOa day. The prince, more
over, has no country seat kept up Tor
him, while the Queen has half q dozen
besides her w houses.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-02-06
ceLEBaAfE0 lIMeulSTs.
0uns WsaAsrfal Atsainmsrss Of sssds.As
% Languages.


es~IAngaagea.
Keeping within the limits of the last
kandred years, we have examples Of
great hnguists that have never been
0zpassed or even approached in former
okmes.
Sir William Jones knew thirteen Ian.
gua9es we'll, and could read with COM
Rarstive sase in thirty others. John
Isyden, . very inferior man TO his great
-santemporary, had Q good acquaintance
nth fifteen of the leading European
ead Asiatic languages.
Within the last few years we have
1nst two men who could have travelled
from the hills of Connemaa or the
nsantains of Wales 10 the Unl Noun
1ains, Of from Lisbon or Algiers to
1spahan or Delhi, and hardly met with
. language in which they could not
oonverse or write with ease.
The reader will most likely have an
6nipated the names of two OF the most
Amarkable linguists this country has
Produced-George Borrow and Edward
Henry Palmer. When Borrow wa at
B. Petersburg he published q little
book called "Targum," in which he
gave trsnslations in prose and poetry
Akum thirty different languages.
Besides speaking the native tongue
q every European nation, Palmer vas
% perfect . master Of Arabic, Persian,
Hindustani, Turkish, and the language
- the gypsies that even natives were
sometimes deceived as to his nation
atty.
Mr.. Leland says that one day in Paris
Fainter entered into conversation with
o Zousve or Turco, o native Arab.
After Q while the man said:
why do you wear these clothesr'
"Why, how should I dressf' Z
claimed Palmer.
"Dres like what You are!" was the
Indignant reply; "ike 0 Moslemr'
Viscount Strangford may be placed
- The same category with thess, and the
~1earned blacksmith" Elihu Burritk,
whose friends claim for him that he
knew all the languages Of Europe and
most OF those Of Asia, must not be left
sat of sight.
But ' g these do not touch the
highest limit Of linguistic skill and
power Of memory. The most scientific
6nguht We have to name, and one Of
che most remarkable for the extent Of
his acquisitions, is Won der Gabelentz,
Who seems ~ have been equally Of
home with the Suahilis, the Samoyeds,
he Hazarss, the Aimsks, the Dyaks,
he Dskotas, and the Kiriris; who could
eanslate from Chinese into Manchu,
compile Q grammar, or correct the
speech Of the inhabitants of the Fiji
Islands, New Hebrides, Loyalty Islands,
o. New Caledonia.
When We come TO Cardinal Mezzo-
hnti and Sir John Bowring, We find
NE highest record" Is regards the
mere number and variety Of tongues
Mat men have been known TO acquire.
No q q speak with absolute Ger
tainty a to the number Of languages
Nezzofanti could converse in with ease.
Hrs. Somerville says that he protested
only ffty-two.-[From m English
Magazine.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-02-06

A Cars'n, New. newspaper says that
An the Carson River above Empire, tho
fishing Is good; but below the town tho
tish will not blte. shaving lost their
teeth from saIiyaion BY the mill chem
icale."
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-02-06
Take il in Time.

Ayers Cherry Pectoral is a highly
concentrated and powerful medicine.
1t is an anodyne expectorant, and, II
promptly taken, In cases Of Coughs.
Throat or Lung troubles, soothes and
heals the irritated Tissues, and quickly
allays all tendency to Consumption.
Six years ago. I contracted a severe
Cold, which settled on my Lungs, and
soon developed all the alarming symp-
toms Of Consumption. i had q Cough,
Night Sweats, Bleeding Lungs. Pain in
my Chest and Sides, and was so com-
pletely Frustrated, as to be confined 10
my bed most Of the time. After trying
various prescriptions, without benefit,
my physician finally determined Ia give.
me Ayers Cherry Pectoral. ! took II,
and the effect was magical. i seemed
To rally from the first dose OF this med
icine, and, after using only three bottles,
am now as well and sound as ever
Rodney johnson, Springfield, Ill.
I have used Ayers Cherry Pectoral
in my family, for Colds and Coughs,
with infallible success, and should not
dare 10 be without this medicine through
the winter months. -Russel Bodine,
Hughesville, Lycoming Co., Pa.
Ayers Cherry PectoraI,
Prepared by DR.. J. C. Aver Co, Lowell, Mass.
Sold BY all Druggists. Price 81; six bottles, -
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-01-21

Kline snuerkraut, my own make, for
sale In quantities to suit at the Hum.
holdt, House JOHN KxnsoH,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-01-21
NEVADA LEGISLATURE.
Carson City Jan. 10.
ASSEMBLY,

ASSEMBLY,.
Assembly joint Resolution No. 8 bv
Mlllctt, relative to amen ling the Con-
stitution of Nevada, was referred to the
Committee OH judiciary.
Notices of bills we're given as follows
By Clnpp.- 10 define the duties of Lieu.
tenant Governor; also II bill to appoint
State Librarian, defining his duties.
by Twiss-To prevail the fencing or
obstruction, of public highways.
BY Griswold-To protect fish in the
Humboldt river.
ASSEMBLY bill No. 80, by Clapp-Re-
gardins public highways. Referred t.
Committee on Internal improvements.
Assembly bill No. 32-To provide for
the nrp intment of Deputy Assessors.
referrcG to the Commi ttve on Ways and
Meaus.
Assembly bill No. 80 To abolish the
office Of Road Supervisor. Referred
to Committee on Internal Improve
ments.
Assembly bill No. 16-Rplative to
marks and brands of stock. Passed to
sngrossment.
assembly bill No. 6--Providing for
the purchase of portrait OF Governor
Adams. Passed to engrossment.
Assembly bill No. 19r-To regulate the
settlement of the estates of deceased per-
sons. Ordered engrossed.
Assembly bill No .20-Fixing fees and
oompensations of Justices of the Peace
aad constables in oimsby, Eureka aud
Hnmboldt counties. Passed.
Assembly bill No. 25--Proyiding for
che punishment of persons uulawfully
wearing badges of the u. A, II. in, this
Gtate. Ordered engrossed. ...
At 1890 P, M. Asse rnbly adjourned.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-01-21
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
IRRIGATION.

IN his inaugural address Governor
Stevenson says:
A speedy enactment of laws By this
Legislature. OF by Congress, which will
uid our people in the introduction of
some system of irrigation is very i'm
portant. The future prosperity of our
State may be truthfally said to be largely
dependent upon favorable legislation
with regard to this question. The agri-
cultural resources of Nevada have been
underestimate. Few of our own peo-
pie apprehend even in imagination the
possible material resources OF the State
If they could be developed and fostered
by liberal and comprehensive system
of irrigation. 1t has been demonstrated
by actual experiment that, by aid of
water, land before supposed utterly
worthless Lns been made to produce
good crops. A knowledge of this fuct
has induced many people to secure and
monopollze the most accessible streams
of wafer in our State, one tendency of
which is to retard and perhaps prevent
that immigration which we SO much
need, in rs much rs our land is unpro-
drctive without irrigation. II is true
that there is much waste land in the
State, and vast tracts of land that are
ouly fit for grazing purposes, but where
ever water can be obtained the land is
exceedingly productive. Nearly every
crop Of grain, fruit and cereals which
Gan be raised in the temperate zone can
by produced in abundance upon the
sagebrush lands of Nevada when irri.
gated. The only impeachment to settle
ment is the cost OF the construction of
hydraulic works for irrigation. Proba-
bly, as much as ninetyfve per cent. of
the water i'll all the streams of Nevada
now run 10 waste. If it could be saved
and used upon land II good many humid
reds of thousands, and perhaps millions
OF acres i'll this State might be re-
claimed and converted into homes for
settlers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-04-02
AGNES FOL~OM,s CASE.
"e Tretty Actress Produced in Court
ahd creates a >en.ation-She Does M,
Recognize Her Mother.

~, NEW YORK, April !.
Inc hearing IN the case of hfiss Aone.
Folsom. the pretty opera singer. whoa n.,
cnts charge DIR. VIM. M. Cate with having
improper influence over her, began this af.
orhoon before referee James Jones. Mira
roisom' pale, thin and nervous ladv. was
present. ac ompanled by Mrs. Cobb, rather
Preuy young woman, who is also a witness.
Inc complaint was read and the arguments
OF the counsel to determine the hearing of
'he examination followed. Miss Folsom's
lawyer claimed that it was simply a writ of
haoeas corpus, while the counsel for MIR.
fo'som charged that the question was wheth-
er the parents could be robbed of a daueb.
ter. The referee decided that he would besr
'he chsrges and proof Oh both sides. Miss
agnes Folsom was then produced. Her en-
trance caused a scene. The mother leaned
on her friend and sobbed hysterically. The
counsel for Mr.. Folsom objected TO the tes.
lmony of Miss Folsom and she passed out
smiling without looking at her mother. Mrs.
Foisom was then called. The purport of her
story was that she found her daughter in
hat under the guard of a woman, who had
orders from DIR. Cate not to admit her. DR..
Cate repeatedly declared to Aggie, in Mrs.
Folsom's presence, that he never loved anv
other woman but her. Mrs. Folsom then
believed him to be single man. He told
her that Aggie didn't care for him he could
only be friendly admirer, but no harm
could ceme to her Afterward Mrs Folsom
learned that DR.. Cate was married, but had
been separated from his wife for four wears
and had not seen her in two years. The bal
ance of her testimony was similar to the
story already given. 1t was mingled with
frequent outbursts of weeping.
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PLEURO.PNEUMONIA.
The state Board of Health OF Massachu.
setts Issue Communication Regarding
the Cattle Disease.
BosroN. April

BosroN, April l.
The State cattle commissioners have issued
the following commune alton TO the msvo.s.
aldermen and selecimen of the cities and
towns OF the commonw eslth:
1T having come TO the knowledge of the
cattle commissioners that the contagious
pleuro pneumo. ia or lung plague has made
its appearance in sundry places in New York
and along the boundary lice of New York
and Vermont, you are therefore directed to
seize and quarantine at the expense of the
owners thereof, all working oxen, milch cows
and store cattle which are brought to this
State from either of the above States, after
this date All permits for the movement of
the above classes of cattle are hereby can
celled, and you are not to respect the same
If they are of the date previous to the pres
ent. Beef cattle which in your judgment are
intended for immediate slaughter, and are
not surreptitousy moved for other purposes,
you will allow to pass from either Waterfowl
or Brighton to Abhaton but cattle going TO
remote places in the State must be moved by
railroad to the nearest designated place of
slaughter, and may thence be driven to the
same.
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MAiNk DI>pATCHEA,
CHARGED WITH MtJnDEo
preliminary Examination of DIR. e. n.
Files and Erasmus Jansen.

PORTLAND, April l.
Ihe preliminary examination of DR.. G.. O.
Files and Erasmus Jansen, charged with the
murder OF Mrs. Mary Jansen through an op-
erallon for abortion, perform,d d by DR.. Files
In the presence Of Jansen, began this morn
ing in the municipal court before Judge
Gould. County Attorney Seiders and Assis
tant County Attorney Chase appeared for fhe
prosecution. A. A. Strout and Clarence Hale
for DR.. Files and A. W Bradbury for Jan.
sen.
Assistant County Attorney Chese opened
the case for the government. He said the
prosecution DO not claim that the prisoner.
intented TO kill the woman but that her death
wss caused while they were engaged in what
IS felony under the laws of the State. He
then detailed the circumstances of Mrs JAN
sens visit to DIR. Files, her subsequent sick
ness and treatment by DR.. Swasey, the con-
sultation with DR. Gerrish and the subsequent
death of the patient.
DR.. George B. Swasey was the first witness
and was examined by County Attorney Sed-
ers. His testimony occupied the entire fore
noon. He told the circumstances of being
summoned TO the residence of Erasmus Jan
sen and the condition in which he found Mrs
Jansen. He described minu,ely the symp-
toms which he discovered at each visit and
his method of treatmen ut Of her up to the time
of her death also detailed the physical con-
dition of the woman at the post mortem ex-
animation. He was cross examined at great
length by Strout. who attacked his methods
of treatment, evidently with the idea estab-
fishing the point that the woman came to her
death by bad treatment by DR.. Swasey.
DR.. Geo. S. Cummings, who assisted at
the autopsy, was also examined and testified
substantially the same as DR.. Swasey about
post mortem. The hearing was suspended at
this point and will be continued tomorrow.
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BLOCKED AND HUNGRY.
Fifteen Hundred People stuck fast in the
snow, and as Many Men Trying to Dig
Them Out.
BosToN, April


special dispatch from St. John. n. b.,
says: A dispatch from Moncton today, con-
tains news of the stalled trains on the north
ern division of the Inter Colonial railroad.
A break has been made from st. Flaven to
Campbellton, and two blocked trains between
those points are working their way out
through tunnel of snow. Fully fifteen hun
dred passengers, including seven hundred
emigrants, are halted on their route, and the
railway authorities are straining every nerve
to get food to the passengers and the thou
sand workmen that are trying to dig them
out. One train is at River Du Lup, another
at ST. Luce and another at St. Flavien.
Sir Charles and Lady Tupper are passen-
gers on the latter. All the northern mails
since last Thursday, from Prince Edward
Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, are
at ST. Flavien. Seven mail clerks are guard
ing them. Fully one-hslf of the conductors,
baggage masters and express managers that
run on the line, are detained at this point.
A dispatch from Newcastle, five hours ride
from Moncton, says that the Quebec night
train, the first that has passed the New Bruins
wick border since Friday last, has worked its
wav through. 1t has seven cars all laden
with people, who have been delayed by the
storm week, exhausted aud worn by their
long soiourn amid drifts and frosts.
They are freed at last only by the superhu-
man efforts of the fifteen hundred men who
have worked night and day. In order TO
clear the track of snow, FIVE terraces were
made from the rail to the summit of the bank
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HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
man Hun Over by a Freight Train
Near Bangor and Killed,
BANGOR, April /

BANGOR, April l.
An incoming freight train in Bangor run
over man walking on the track one mile
below the city, killing him instantly. He
went out on last nights freight to Hermop
seven miles, and started to walk back to the
CITY, The mans name was True Carr OF
Presque Isle.
True Carr and brother arrived at Bangor.
Thursday, from Presque Isle, on their way
to Danvers, Mass. The brother departed IN
the Pullman, leaving True to follow on the
night freight. with car load of stock. At
Hermon, True got off the train, and started
oack to Bangor, following the rail. During
the night he called at house and asked to
De admitted, but the inmates drove him away.
thinking him tramp. This was the last
time he was seen alive. When the freight
tram arrived at Bangor, Friday morning,
cap was found on the pilot and considerable
blood scattered about. This fact was tele-
graphed to Portland and Immediately came
the order:
"Run an engine wild to Newport, making
thorough search"
About mile out the lifeess body was
found with the scalp torn away and the right
arm cut off at the elbow, simply hanging bv
a ligament. The body will be sent to Dan.
vers Friday night. He was about 65 wears
of age.
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THE NEW CRUISERS,
Plans Submitted to the Examining Board
by ShipbuIlders of this Country and
England.
WASHINGTON. Anril

At noon today plans were opened in the
office of the Secretary of the Navy for the ar.
mored cruisers and powerful battle ships un-
der authority conferred by the act of Aug. 3.
1886.
Advertisements had been published by the
departments in the American and European
newspapers since August last, inviting the
submission of plans for these vessels.
The plans were submitted by the following
firms and persons:
Barrow Shipbuilding Co., England, two
designs.
Thames Iron Shipbuilding Co, England,
two designs and two half models.
Bureau of Construction, navy department,
two designs and model.
A. Grandjean of France, design for arm
ored cruiser.
Lieut.. |. W. Chambers, U. S. N, design
for armored cruiser.
Francis L. Norton of New York, design for
armored battle ship.
Cept. L. NJ. Towns of New York, design
for cruisers.
Naval Constructor Pook, design for arm
ored cruiser.
These designs will be submitted to the
board appointed by Secretary Whitney, to
make the selection of the vessel best adapted
for the American navy.
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and each line of men threw to the terrace
above. In masy places the snow drifts are
thirty feet in depth. During their weak's so.
Journ in the drifts the passengers endured
greai hardships, although the railway author
liies did all they could to make them com.
'ortaole Ii was fortunate for the women
ana children that so msny sleepers were
showed IN with them. and no scruples were
observed IN taking coal from the cars on the
sidings to supply them with fuel. The main
Iihe has been opened and canal cut through
the snow at enormous labor and expense, and
yer the work is but half done. Every branch
is blocked. every car on the siding showed
under, snd IL will take more than a week TO
get the road in any kind of running order.
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THE CALAIS ELECTION.
The Democrats Make no Nomination.
Mayor McKusick the Republican Nom-
inee.
CALAIS, April |

SALAlS, ApTll
The democrats held an unusual large eau
Gus this evening. Hon A. McNichol pre-
eided. Several gentlemen were presented as
the party candidate for mayor, but all in
short but emphatic remarks, declined. AL
derman Kalish, without any remarks, offered
the following:
Whereas, Owing to the widespread dis
satisfaction existing in the democratic party
in this city, caused by the course pursued by
the collector of the Passamaquoddy district !;
Resolved, That we, the democratic voters,
in caucus assembled, deem it nexpedient to
nominate anv candidate for the approaching
municipal election.
Mayor McKusick, the republican nominee,
will be opposed by tickets nominated by both
the labor and prohibition parties. The prob
abilities are that he will be elected by a very
large majority.